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Special of the Day

from Blue Light City by Turbine

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lyrics

Dark clouds over the hill
There's a high pass
You'll see it on your way into town
You're searching
Looking around
As the headlights
Through the night rain
Cover the ground

They're coming through miles of darkness
They're coming from very far
But this all happened before
In the flash of an eye
Of a violin woman highway riding child
Riding on

They're coming from miles around this place
Looking for what can fill that space
Still searching
What will they find as time goes by?
And they're wishing
The answer's in the town that's down the road awhile
Past the crossroads
Where they're coming from town
To town to town to town . . .

They're coming
For the special of the day

Bright lights blind their eyes
Between what's wrong and right there's a fine line
They're distracting troubled minds
Pedaling fool's gold
It's hollow inside but polished to shine

Down the back streets
The session is closed
In the dark rooms
They're stashing the votes
And they don't care what the truth is
If you don't buy it they'll still get rich
Selling lies

And the prophets

Preaching the end
Say it's close now
Time to repent
And they don't know
But you don't care
They can't all be right
But we're too scared
To deny

The wind it wails as darkness swallows light
They're looking around and there is no proof in sight
They just keep wishing
It's over in the town that's down the road awhile
Past the crossroads
Where they're coming from town
To town to town to town . . .

They're coming
For the special of the day

I've got to say
It's a matter of time now
It's like a puzzle, you'll figure it out someday
You're gonna find out
In the end it's gonna go down that way

To find the way
I'll tell you the truth now
Don't believe it when they say there's an easy way
Don't be the fool now
You'll regret it when you find out you've been betrayed
Special of the day

What will it be today?
What will it be today?

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from Blue Light City, released June 21, 2011

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Turbine Brooklyn, New York

"Their sound is exhilarating, with flurries of melodic guitars and wailing harp propelling complex improvisations." -Relix

"Their music wails, whispers and directs our thoughts to the deeper mysteries of life." -Americana UK

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